Snape's Teaching Sytle (WAS: Re: A detailed analysis of Snape's hatred of Harry (S.N.O.T.)

[dumbledore11214 <dumbledore11214@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49122

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, IAmLordCassandra at a... wrote:
> In a message dated 1/1/2003 9:03:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
dumbledore11214 at y... writes:
> (I've been sick lately, so I haven't been following the threads too 
closely. Sorry if any of you have Deja vu ^^;) 
> 
> I think Snape's teaching style is entirely justifiable, though not 
in the way you want it to be. This may just be MHO (note the sarcasm, 
please), but I don't think Snape likes teaching. I think he's just 
doing it for Dumbledore's sake.  
> 
> Snape is a great pessimist. Instead of making the best of his 
situation, he does all he can to make the worst of it. 
> 
> Let's look at the case of Neville Longbottom. I imagine Snape gets 
extremely frustrated with the boy because he never seems to grasp 
anything. Snape just doesn't have the patience to be a teacher, and I 
don't imagine he's going to try to gain that patience because he's so 
pessimistic about his situation. 
> 
> Now, I'm not saying this makes the way he teaches right in any way. 
However, it is a reason. 
> 
> ~Cassie~

Yes, absolutely this is a very possible reason, but as you correctly 
stated it is not good enough for me in order for Snape to stay one of 
my favourites after all the mysteries are revealed. :o)

I don't think he likes teaching either and I hope that he will find 
something to do that he likes more in the end, if he survives, of 
course. :o).
Alla